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CPSC to Congress: Still Kicking the Can
The government shutdown eclipsed an important letter that the agency received on October 1 from our congressional overseers asking us explain our failure to move forward on addressing the costs of...
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Listening to Constructive Criticism
Yesterday, I met with representatives of the National Association of Manufacturers Product Safety Coalition. Participants at the meeting represented a broad spectrum of businesses that make and sell...
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Singing a Different Tune?
Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today? With respect to reducing the unjustified costs of its testing rule, the Commission has followed the notion of why correct today the problems you have...
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CPSC Burden Reduction Mantra: “Maybe One of These Years . . .”
An interesting op-ed in last week’s Wall Street Journal pointed to how the regulatory process impedes efforts called for by President Obama, among others, to shore up this country’s infrastructure....
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“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different...
For the third (or is it the fourth?) time in as many years, the CPSC is again “addressing” the issue of reducing third-party testing burdens. For those who have already commented repeatedly on this...
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What’s Wrong With This Picture?
“[I]ndependent regulatory agencies should consider how best to promote retrospective analysis of rules that may be outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome, and to modify,...
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Déjà Vu All Over Again
Yesterday the CPSC held an all-day meeting to again address ways to reduce the costs of third party testing. Recall that three years ago, in Public Law 112-28, Congress told the agency of its concern...
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Betting on the CPSC–never a sure bet
Earlier this week the Senate Commerce Committee had a marathon confirmation hearing with several subcabinet nominees from various federal agencies. The hearing included in this disparate group...
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Testing Assumptions
This week I had the pleasure of speaking to the leadership and staff of the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation. The association accredits third party testing laboratories to a wide...
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Saying It’s a Recall Doesn’t Make It So
With the CPSC’s blessing, a large furniture company recently sent out wall anchors for its children’s dressers to address a tipping hazard and the accompanying CPSC press release did not refer to the...
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